Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Newman, Mayer, and Stoll. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Words that are primarily a surname can be registered as trademarks if they have acquired secondary...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Prost, Moore, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Omitting a transition phrase between the preamble and the body of a claim does not cause terms in the...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Courts should not give too much weight to evidence purporting to show a lack of actual confusion...more
9/12/2018
/ Affidavits ,
Appeals ,
Consumer Confusion ,
DuPont Factors ,
Ex Parte ,
Goods or Services ,
Reaffirmation ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Substantially Similar ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before O’Malley, Mayer, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Claims may be rejected under 35 § U.S.C. 103 based on implicit disclosures of a prior art reference....more
9/11/2018
/ Appeals ,
Apple ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Samsung ,
Section 103 ,
Software Patents ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Frost, Newman, and Lawrie. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Summary: A weak showing of secondary considerations is insufficient to create a genuine...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Dyk, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the PTAB.
Summary: A priority claim must be explicitly stated in the patent and cannot be incorporated by reference from an earlier patent. ...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Lourie, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A prima facie case of obviousness is established where the claimed range abuts a range disclosed in...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Renya, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A patent owner cannot retroactively bring a continuation-in-part patent within the scope of § 121...more